For article 12(1) (decision on type of sample to take) substitute—

“(1)

Subject to paragraph (2)—

(a)

the keeper of a breeding herd may take and submit (or arrange to have taken and submitted) a sample or samples described in article 11(2) (other than a sample described in article 11(2)(d)) without consulting a veterinary surgeon;

(b)

the keeper of a breeding bovine animal may take and submit (or arrange to have taken and submitted) a sample as described in article 11(5A) (other than a sample described in article 11(5A)(b)) without consulting a veterinary surgeon.”.